German for Singers : A Textbook of Diction and Phonetics

Name: German for Singers : A Textbook of Diction and Phonetics
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ISBN: 9780028717500

ISBN-10: 0028717503

ISBN-13: 9780028717500

Edition: 1st 1981

Authors: William Odom

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A book/CD-ROM approach to mastering German diction. Describes the full range of German sounds, including the many exceptions to standard rules of pronunciation, and contains exercises for learning the International Phonetic Alphabet and for learning to transcribe this universally accepted shorthand system. Includes musical examples from folk and art songs, and appendices of English and German vowel and consonant charts, songs, and a guide to German pronunciation of Latin (new to this edition). This second edition adds examples to exercises, and contains a CD-ROM with examples of authentic German diction. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book details

List price: $17.00
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1981
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.132



Preface to the Second Edition


Preface to the First Edition


CD Tracks


Alphabetical Index


Phonetics


Introduction to Phonetics


Transcribing Sounds


Describing sounds: Articulatory Phonetics


The Sounds Of German


Introduction


The Sounds of r, ch


Monophthongs





Word Structure


The Sounds of b, d, g


Monophthongs





The Sounds of s and Its Combinations


Diphthongs


The Sounds of l, r


The sounds of h, j


The Sounds of z, p, t, k, x, qu


The Sounds of C


The Sounds of w, v, f


The Sounds of m, n


Appendix A


Appendix B


Appendix C